Avaada opens Gujarat solar farm, starts new Vadodara project today

• Avaada inaugurated a 280-MW solar plant in Surendranagar, Gujarat, and broke ground on a 100-MW project in Vadodara, advancing its Indian growth strategy.

Avaada Group has inaugurated a 280-MW utility-scale solar plant in Surendranagar, Gujarat, while simultaneously laying the foundation for a new 100-MW project in Vadodara district—two milestones that reinforce the state’s status as a flagship market for Indian renewables. The commissioning adds a large block of daytime capacity to Gujarat’s grid; the groundbreaking signals a pipeline designed for steady, repeatable delivery.

The Surendranagar plant reflects the modern design choices that squeeze the most energy from semi-arid terrain: single-axis trackers, high-efficiency modules, and DC/AC sizing aimed at high annual yield rather than clipped peaks. Plant-level controls will provide voltage support and fast curtailment response—capabilities that help distribution companies integrate rising shares of variable generation without sacrificing reliability. Avaada’s operations plan will emphasize dust mitigation, vegetation management and performance analytics, all crucial in Gujarat’s windy, dusty seasons.

In Vadodara, the 100-MW project breaks ground with experience fresh from commissioning—allowing Avaada to roll crews, repeat procurement and lock long-lead items like transformers and protection gear early. The developer has increasingly paired projects with corporate offtake and state tenders, a blend that diversifies revenue beyond a single buyer and improves bankability. Batteries are not part of the base case, but co-location remains a likely future step as evening peaks intensify.

For local communities, the package brings construction jobs, supply purchases and long-term tax receipts. Standard commitments—traffic management, drainage and biodiversity—help sustain social license. For Gujarat’s grid, the additions support industrial growth, temper price volatility and reduce reliance on fossil peakers when hydro inflows are low.

With one site online and another underway, Avaada is executing a familiar but effective strategy: standardize, sequence, and scale. As India targets massive clean-energy additions this decade, that discipline—plus optionality to add storage—will separate pipelines that stay on paper from projects that deliver electrons